MetaVR’s Virtual Reality Scene Generator (VRSG) is providing the image generation for the Synthetic Training Environment (STE) Reconfigurable Virtual Cockpit Trainers (RVCT) delivered to the U.S. Army as part of an Other Transaction Authority (OTA 1) program. The MetaVR VRSG-based simulators include multiple versions of mixed-reality rotorcraft reconfigurable cockpit...
Emergency personnel from the US Air Force 380th Air Expeditionary Wing (AEW) executed a large, first-responder exercise at Al Dhafra Air Base (ADAB), United Arab Emirates.
Embry-Riddle researchers are using a Tactile Situation Awareness System (TSAS) to combat flight deck disorientation. Four hours of training – that’s all it takes to attack the problem of spatial disorientation among pilots, and to save their lives, according to Dr. Braden McGrath, research professor in Embry-Riddle’s Department of...
Leonardo will build a customer support center if selected for the United States Navy’s Advanced Helicopter Training System TH-73. The center would be in Whiting Aviation Park, a 269-acre planned development adjacent to Naval Air Station Whiting Field, where all helicopter pilots for the Navy, Marine Corps and Coast...
U.S. Air Force Staff Sgt. Kevin Robinson, 22nd Airlift Squadron loadmaster evaluator, deploys a C-5M Super Galaxy emergency escape slide at Travis Air Force Base, California. All image credits: U.S. Air Force photo by Heide Couch. A team from Sketchbox Inc. took six hours to obtain multiple 3D scans of...
Accepting for CAE USA (pictured in center) were Karen Payne, Facility Security Officer, and Ray Duquette, President and General Manager. CAE USA is a recipient of the 2019 James S. Cogswell Outstanding Industrial Security Achievement Award, presented by the Defense Counterintelligence and Security Agency (DCSA) in the United States.
Uzbekistan have had a Thales flight simulator for Ecureuil helicopters (AS350/H125) installed at Karshi Air Force Base. The simulator will provide emergency procedures training and initial training for pilots of the Uzbek Air Force. The Karshi base will be home to the country's first training academy. Senior officials from...
Photo by Sgt. Devin Lewis Delta-Troop, 1-150th Cavalry Regiment, 30th Armored Brigade Combat Team, participated in the Combined Arms Live-Fire Exercise (CALFX) near Fort Bliss, Texas, on September 20. Crews operating the M1A1 Abrams Main Battle Tank, mortars and M109 Paladins exercised their weapons' capabilities on one of the...
Capt. Justin Stewart, a USAARL pilot, gives Master Sgt. Kenneth Carey, USAARL's Chief Medical Laboratory Non-Commissioned Officer, a CAPT-E-VCS tutorial. All image credits: Scott Childress. The U.S. Army Aeromedical Research Laboratory (USAARL) introduced a Blackhawk helicopter simulator at a ribbon-cutting ceremony at Fort Rucker, Alabama. The Cockpit Academics Procedural...
Science Applications International Corp. (SAIC) won a task order on the Joint Range Extension Support contract from the Australian Department of Defence. The contract has a three-year base period of performance with two, one-year options. On this contract, SAIC will provide the Australian military with technical support, software updates,...